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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers may have figured out a way to call off a cancer cell assassin...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first flexible wearable device capable of monitoring both biochemical...

A team led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron analysis to better understand a protein...

(BOSTON, May 23, 2016) — Two new studies raise enough questions about a possible link between childhood cancer and light...

Barcelona, Spain: Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the Western world, mainly because it...

Barcelona, Spain: Obesity is on the rise throughout the world, and in some developed countries two-third of the adult population...

Inside each ovarian tumor, there are good cells and bad cells. A new paper explains their roles: The bad cells...

The American Heart Association has awarded a new University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor of kinesiology a $308,000, four-year...

PHILADELPHIA – The mistaken activation of certain cell-surface receptors contributes to a variety of human cancers. Knowing more about the...

Credit: TECHNOLOGY Heart failure (HF) continues to pose a significant burden on our society. One of the most common heart...

In a White House ceremony May 19, President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Science to Mary-Claire King, University...

Credit: TECHNOLOGY Dr. S. Roccabianca and Dr. T.R. Bush, researchers from Michigan State University compiled an extensive review of the...

Bathing a patient in LED light may someday offer a new way to locate tumors, according to Rice University researchers....

Credit: Protein & Cell A team led by researchers from Tianjin University (P.R. China) has solved the structure of the...

Every year, 200,000 women worldwide are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, often in its late stages. Ovarian cancer is very hard...

The group of Russian and French researchers, with the participation of scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, has succeeded...

Montreal, May 20 2016 – A type of brain cell known as microglia plays a key role in reducing the...

Many breast cancers are marked by a lack of HOXA5 protein, a gene product known to control cell differentiation and...

A special kind of immune cell serves as an intermediary between gut bacteria and the brain. Dr. Susanne Wolf of...

Why people on immunosuppressant drugs for autoimmune conditions have a higher incidence of an often-fatal brain disease may be linked...